diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
index 4696779f..85d37209 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare release
         run: npm version --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version ${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}}
-        
+
+      - name: Update version file
+        run: |
+          echo "export const version = '${{env.RELEASE_VERSION}}'" > src/version.js
+          git add src/version.js
+
       - name: Convert repository name to lower case
         run: echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_LOWER_CASE=$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 407e9034..79944272 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ import { resolve } from 'import-meta-resolve'
 import path from 'path'
 import puppeteer from 'puppeteer'
 import url from 'url'
+import { version } from './version.js'
 
-// importing JSON is still experimental in Node.JS https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v16.x/api/esm.html#json-modules
-import { createRequire } from 'module'
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
-const pkg = require('../package.json')
 // __dirname is not available in ESM modules by default
 const __dirname = url.fileURLToPath(new url.URL('.', import.meta.url))
 
@@ -108,7 +105,7 @@ function parseCommanderInt (value, _unused) {
 async function cli () {
   const commander = new Command()
   commander
-    .version(pkg.version)
+    .version(version)
     .addOption(new Option('-t, --theme [theme]', 'Theme of the chart').choices(['default', 'forest', 'dark', 'neutral']).default('default'))
     .addOption(new Option('-w, --width [width]', 'Width of the page').argParser(parseCommanderInt).default(800))
     .addOption(new Option('-H, --height [height]', 'Height of the page').argParser(parseCommanderInt).default(600))
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2be0992d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const version = '11.4.0'